Makers of ‘Mere Pyare Prime Minister’ releases making video of film

New Delhi, Feb 27: The makers on Wednesday released the first making video of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's directorial 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister'.

The making video of the film shows the exciting journey of Khandoba slum becoming the home of eight years old Kanhu, and all the exciting journey of shooting in Khandoba slum by accepting the challenge.

The video has shown the whole 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' team accommodating in the Khandoba slum which is situated on the hills and the team's struggle shooting in the most challenging location.

Om Kanojia aka Kanhu also explains the struggle when he was first introduced to Khandoba slums. In the video, the director also shares an incident where he explains how the localities understood the depth of the film themselves during the shoot.

Sharing this unique transformation of thoughts among the localities from Khandoba slum, Mr Mehra shared, "It was difficult for the localities of Khandoba more than my team because there were 200 houses in every 100-meter distance which was quite difficult to shoot but when they heard the narrative of the film they took no time and they welcomed us to shoot with great warmth and expressed gratitude for telling their story to world".

The makers have shared the special video on their official Twitter handle and captioned it, "Watch how Khandoba became Kanhu's home #KanhuKiGullyMein https://youtu.be/WENbACEGUoE @RakeyshOmMehra @PenMovies @jayantilalgada @sonymusicindia @hussainthelal @OmKanojiya1 @AnjaliPOfficial @NiteeshWadhwa @atul_kulkarni @ShankarEhsanLoy @_PVRCinemas @UnstoppableYUVA @PaytmTickets".

'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' focuses on the issue of open defecation and sanitation problems in the country told through the story of a slum boy who wants to build a toilet for his mother.

The film starring National award-winning actress Anjali Patil, Makarand Deshpande, Rasika Agashe, Sonia Albizuri and Nachiket Purnapatre brings together power-packed performances. The music of the film is given by Shankar Ehsan Loy and lyrics by Gulzar. The movie is all set to release on March 15. (UNI)